ALEKS - Assessment and Learning
   

5.3.1 Practice Page

 

Practice Page

Figure 5.1: Practice Page
When a student chooses to begin work on a topic, ALEKS will display a page containing an instance of the problem, followed by the Answer Editor. This is where a solution to the problem can be attempted (Fig. 5.1). All practice problems are generated by algorithms, with randomly selected numerical values, so that the variety of problem instances for any topic is very high.
Below the Answer Editor are buttons labeled Explanation and Check. Clicking on Check has the same effect as described for the Assessment Mode: it submits the answer. Here, however, the user is given immediate feedback on their answer (Sec. 5.4). If correct, the student will receive a congratulatory message. When the student clicks Next, a new problem is presented. In the case where the topic is considered mastered, the student will receive a congratulatory message and the system will offer to suggest new topics.
When the student enters an incorrect answer, ALEKS will return the presentation of the original problem with feedback on the student's error. Students can then click the Explanation button.